The New York Times: "An unorthodox look . . . photographs, commissioned as artworks . . . focus on striking details."
Xiomaro is an internationally exhibited artist and curator specializing in photographing National Parks and other iconic sites to raise public awareness of their history, culture, and natural beauty. Through his street photography and photojournalism, he is also documenting candid urban life for preservation as future history.
His collections commissioned by the National Park Service have been exhibited at numerous venues including Harvard University, Fraunces Tavern Museum, Long Island Museum, Morris Museum, and Fruitlands Museum. Galleries in the United States, Europe, and China have also exhibited Xiomaro’s street photography and reportage. Publications such as The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Newsday, and Fine Art Connoisseur magazine have reported on his work and he has been interviewed on CBS Eyewitness News, ABC News, and News 12. Other appearances include documentary episodes by PBS, Fox Nation, and the National Park Service.
As a writer, Xiomaro authored Weir Farm National Historic Site (Arcadia Publishing) with a foreword by Senator Joseph Lieberman. His second and third books, on street photography, are scheduled for release in 2025 by Fonthill Media in the U.K. Xiomaro’s essays have been published by the Theodore Roosevelt Association, the Society for History in the Federal Government, Street Photography Magazine, and Aspect Ratio Magazine of Photography.
Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Xiomaro began as a musician. He graduated college as a philosophy major and was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Law and Politics at New York University School of Law. Several stints as a corporate litigator led to a career as an entertainment attorney and artist manager representing hip hop, dance, and pop artists. After recovering from cancer, he found peace in the solitude of wandering with a camera and began pursuing photography as an art form. The career change was commemorated by adopting a pseudonym, Xiomaro, which literally means “ready for battle” and honors his roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, and the Canary Islands.
Commissions and Projects
George Washington Birthplace National Monument | Virginia
Founding Father, Revolutionary War commander, and first U.S. president
Thomas Stone National Historic Site | Virginia
Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence
Northern Neck National Heritage Area | Virginia
Nationally important historic, cultural, and natural sites
Sagamore Hill National Historic Site | New York
President Theodore Roosevelt’s Summer White House
Morristown National Historical Park | New Jersey
George Washington’s headquarters; Jockey Hollow encampment; Cross Estate Mansion
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site | Massachusetts
The first landscape architect office and co-creator of New York City’s Central Park
Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site | Massachusetts
Home of one of the world’s foremost poets
William Floyd Estate | New York
Founding Father, Revolutionary War general, and signer of the Declaration of Independence
Weir Farm National Historic Site | Connecticut
The home and studios of Julian Alden Weir and Mahonri Young; and the cultural landscape
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | Massachusetts
Historic forts, abandoned army barracks, and revitalized landscapes
New England National Scenic Trail | Connecticut and Massachusetts
A 215-mile hiking route through classic New England landscape features
Fire Island National Seashore | New York
High Dune Wilderness and Salt Marsh
Big Cypress National Preserve | Florida
Invasive plants and animals
Everglades National Park | Florida
Invasive plants
Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall | New Jersey
Historical sites and architecture, e.g., Orchard Street Cemetery and Waterloo Historic Village
Sales Inquiries
Haze Gallery
Project von I&D Media und Project Advisory GmbH
Torstrasse 177, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
Irina Rusinovich, CEO and Curator
Email | + 49 (0) 16098777620
Any image or text or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever – including any and all uses in connection with artificial intelligence technology – without my express written permission. Violators will, and have been, prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Xiomaro logo by Azul Burger. Photos of Xiomaro by Barbara Cittadino.
